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Awards
The 2011 V Moment of the Year: Paris Roubaix
The V Moment of the Year isn’t an award so much as acknowledgment of the moment during the season when the sport demonstrated the most…
Velominati Super Prestige
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Guest Article: La Vie Velominatus-Transformation
The fear of crashing is there but we can’t let override our pleasure in cycling. @mblume writes of this and underplays his riding the Haute…
Friday Night Lights
Took my 2-yr-old son to the last of the Marymoor Velodrome summer series races tonight. He rode his tricycle up to watch from the top…
Paul Sherwen
Paul Sherwen is generally seen as Phil Liggett’s counter-point, dutifully keeping the iconic duo’s race commentary on course, helping to convey to the English-speaking world…
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General
Velominati Super Prestige: 2011 La Vuelta a España
Spain is an awesome country. It has amazing scenery, culture, cities and chicas… oh, the chicas. Its football competition features the world’s best players, their…
Who’s your Poppy?
You’d think that with such an historical event taking place in France overnight that the Australian newspapers would be a sea of yellow and ‘we…
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Racing
Velominati Super Prestige: Le Tour de France Stage 19
After such an epic and, frankly, shocking (as in stunning, stupendifying and surprising) stage to the Galibier last night, it’s going to take more than a…
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Racing
Return to the Pain Pool
I forget all maner of things these days. I forget that climbing isn’t fun; it hurts. I forget that I’m not good at it. I…
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Racing
Grillin’ Up a T-Bone on the Fourth of July
In the US on the Fourth of July, we drink shit beer and grill loads of meat to celebrate our declaration of Independence from England.…
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Racing
Velominati Super Prestige: 2011 Le Tour de France
While a good number of Velominati get all uppity around May and make rash statements like their preferred Grand Tour is the Giro d’Italia, because it…
The Death of the Grand Tour
Suspense. It defines the thrill of watching a bike race. Johan Van Summeren, his deflated rear tire clanging over the last secteurs of cobblestones in…
Evanescent Riders of the 90s: Ãlvaro Mejia
As Le Tour approaches rapidly, memories of Tours past come to the fore, and riders who may have gone unnoticed for the remainder of the…
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Racing
Thomas Voeckler, Je m’excuse
When you’re wrong, you’re wrong. I’ve whined about Thomas Voeckler on this site for years. After his yellow jersey escapade in the TdF many years…
Here Stands a Man: Johan Van Summeren
Here stands a man. A quiet man. A hard working man. A Belgian man. A man from a life of grit, cold, and rain. Here stands…
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Racing
It Begins
This weekend proper bicycle racing starts for the season with Omloop Het Volk (yes, I know it’s not called that anymore but I like the…
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Racing
Encore de la Pluie
I don’t enjoy the races in February on the Arabian Peninsula because I like watching other people ride in the sun while I spend my…
Spectating 101
You think the riders in the Tour of Wellington are doing it tough? Spare a thought for us, the poor spectators, forced to sit in…
Buninyong Nights: The Ballad of Jacky Bobby
Close the polls. Shut the books. No need to tally the votes. It’s only three weeks into the new year, but folks, we may have…
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Look Pro
Look Pro, Part III: Meditate on The V
In the interest of full disclosure, I feel it is my responsibility to warn you that this article might accidentally make you a better cyclist. Even though…
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Folklore
V Ride of the Year: Strada Bianca
We are not hard. We may espouse the values of the mythical hardman, but we are merely pretenders to the throne of the Kings of…